TABLE 2. POVERTY INCIDENCES OF FAMILIES BY REGION, URBAN-RURAL: 1997 & 2000
         (In Percent)

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     REGION                TOTAL      |      URBAN      |       RURAL
                       1997     2000  |  1997     2000  |  1997     2000
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PHILIPPINES            31.8     33.7     17.9     19.9     44.4     46.9

    NCR                 6.4      8.7      6.4      8.7       -        -
    CAR                42.5     36.6     13.4     13.1     55.5     49.8
    REGION I           37.8     37.1     26.4     26.5     43.0     42.1
    REGION II          32.1     29.5     28.0     28.8     33.2     29.7
    REGION III         15.4     18.6     12.7     17.7     18.8     19.8
    REGION IV          25.7     25.3     15.3     17.5     37.3     36.0
    REGION V           50.1     55.4     36.3     39.3     55.1     61.0
    REGION VI          39.9     43.1     26.2     26.4     47.8     53.4
    REGION VII         34.4     38.8     18.2     23.7     47.0     50.6
    REGION VIII        40.8     43.6     29.8     27.1     44.9     50.0
    REGION IX          40.1     46.6     25.6     27.8     46.5     55.1
    REGION X           47.0     45.7     34.2     31.4     55.7     55.6
    REGION XI          38.2     40.0     26.5     27.6     45.8     48.5
    REGION XII         50.0     51.1     35.8     40.2     55.9     56.1
    ARMM               57.3     66.0     57.5     61.3     57.3     67.3

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Source of Basic Data: National Statistics Office, 2000 FIES Final Results
Source of Poverty Statistics: TWG on Income Statistics